William Duffy

William John Duffy (7 April 1865 – 1 January 1945) was an Irish nationalist politician and Member of Parliament (MP) of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and was one of the few people to have served in the House of Commons and in Dáil Éireann.

Duffy was MP for the South Galway from 1900 to 1918. He was defeated by the Sinn Féin candidate, Frank Fahy in the 1918 general election.

In the June 1927 Irish general election, he was elected as National League Party Teachta Dála (TD) for Galway. He did not contest the September 1927 Irish general election.

External links

* [http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=1017 William Duffy's electoral history] (ElectionsIeland.org)

References

*"Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922", edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
*Oireachtas-database|1=http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=5&MemberID=349&ConstID=102

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